Re: Distribute the title (frontmatter) over several lines separated with line space?
On Monday 24 August 2009 17:20:23 Bjørn Liene Gundersen wrote: Hi, I am a new user with LyX, have previousely been using Scientific Workplace (SWP). I am using LyX 1.63 for Windows with the standard report template. In the frontmatter dialog in Scientific Workplace I normally use to paste a graphic/icon topmost and divide the title on lines with several spaces between them. Now I am trying to do the same with LyX without the same luck. How can I distribute the title (frontmatter) over two or more lines with line spaces between them? and how can I place a picture topmost in the title? is that possible as it is with SWP? Where can I read more about customizing the frontmatter? Thank you Bjørn, You've given me the perfect opportunity to once again voice my belief that unlike a book's mainmatter, the frontmatter should be constructed of custom classes and ERT. Forget the Title class or the Maketitle macro. Pay no attention to what Document Class you're using. Just construct the whole \frontmatter manually, exactly how you want it. So the first thing in your document will be the graphic and then something like ~\\1in, and then a size and weight command, and then the first line of your title, and then \\0.5in, and then the second line of your title, etc. Or, if you want the title spread vertically down the whole page, use \vfill commands. There are a million ways to do it so you can have anything in your frontmatter, including your title page, look exactly how you want it to look. You think you have problems? Hah! My eBooks all have a cover page that's an 8.5x11 graphic, then in back of that page is a list of my books, then the next page is the title page, and in back of that my copyright page (not well provided for by any document class I've seen, and then more mundain stuff like acks and deds and how to use this book and of course the TOC. No problem -- I fingerpaint the whole thing, and I like it just that way. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
Re: Distribute the title (frontmatter) over several lines separated with line space?
On Monday 24 August 2009 17:20:23 Bjørn Liene Gundersen wrote: Hi, I am a new user with LyX, have previousely been using Scientific Workplace (SWP). I am using LyX 1.63 for Windows with the standard report template. In the frontmatter dialog in Scientific Workplace I normally use to paste a graphic/icon topmost and divide the title on lines with several spaces between them. Now I am trying to do the same with LyX without the same luck. How can I distribute the title (frontmatter) over two or more lines with line spaces between them? and how can I place a picture topmost in the title? is that possible as it is with SWP? Where can I read more about customizing the frontmatter? Thank you Bjørn, You've given me the perfect opportunity to once again voice my belief that unlike a book's mainmatter, the frontmatter should be constructed of custom classes and ERT. Forget the Title class or the Maketitle macro. Pay no attention to what Document Class you're using. Just construct the whole \frontmatter manually, exactly how you want it. So the first thing in your document will be the graphic and then something like ~\\1in, and then a size and weight command, and then the first line of your title, and then \\0.5in, and then the second line of your title, etc. Or, if you want the title spread vertically down the whole page, use \vfill commands. There are a million ways to do it so you can have anything in your frontmatter, including your title page, look exactly how you want it to look. You think you have problems? Hah! My eBooks all have a cover page that's an 8.5x11 graphic, then in back of that page is a list of my books, then the next page is the title page, and in back of that my copyright page (not well provided for by any document class I've seen, and then more mundain stuff like acks and deds and how to use this book and of course the TOC. No problem -- I fingerpaint the whole thing, and I like it just that way. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
Re: Distribute the title (frontmatter) over several lines separated with line space?
On Monday 24 August 2009 17:20:23 Bjørn Liene Gundersen wrote: > Hi, > > I am a new user with LyX, have previousely been using Scientific > Workplace (SWP). I am using LyX 1.63 for Windows with the standard > report template. In the frontmatter dialog in Scientific Workplace I > normally use to paste a graphic/icon topmost and divide the title on > lines with several spaces between them. Now I am trying to do the same > with LyX without the same luck. How can I distribute the title > (frontmatter) over two or more lines with line spaces between them? > and how can I place a picture topmost in the title? is that possible > as it is with SWP? Where can I read more about customizing the > frontmatter? Thank you Bjørn, You've given me the perfect opportunity to once again voice my belief that unlike a book's mainmatter, the frontmatter should be constructed of custom classes and ERT. Forget the Title class or the Maketitle macro. Pay no attention to what Document Class you're using. Just construct the whole \frontmatter manually, exactly how you want it. So the first thing in your document will be the graphic and then something like ~\\1in, and then a size and weight command, and then the first line of your title, and then \\0.5in, and then the second line of your title, etc. Or, if you want the title spread vertically down the whole page, use \vfill commands. There are a million ways to do it so you can have anything in your frontmatter, including your title page, look exactly how you want it to look. You think you have problems? Hah! My eBooks all have a cover page that's an 8.5x11 graphic, then in back of that page is a list of my books, then the next page is the title page, and in back of that my copyright page (not well provided for by any document class I've seen, and then more mundain stuff like acks and deds and "how to use this book" and of course the TOC. No problem -- I fingerpaint the whole thing, and I like it just that way. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
Distribute the title (frontmatter) over several lines separated with line space?
Hi,
I am a new user with LyX, have previousely been using Scientific
Workplace (SWP). I am using LyX 1.63 for Windows with the standard
report template. In the frontmatter dialog in Scientific Workplace I
normally use to paste a graphic/icon topmost and divide the title on
lines with several spaces between them. Now I am trying to do the same
with LyX without the same luck. How can I distribute the title
(frontmatter) over two or more lines with line spaces between them?
and how can I place a picture topmost in the title? is that possible
as it is with SWP? Where can I read more about customizing the
frontmatter?
A second question: when I started using LyX I though the typeface was
somewhat greyed out or foggy when I compiled the PDF file, and not
that black and clear that I am used to from SWP. I realized that if I
add the following in the LaTeX preamble this was improved
significantly, but still slightly lighter than SWP.
\usepackage{ifpdf} % part of the hyperref bundle
\ifpdf % if pdflatex is used
% set fonts for nicer pdf view
\IfFileExists{lmodern.sty}{\usepackage{lmodern}}{}
I am using pdflatex. Is there something I can do to make the typeface
of the printout/pdf even more dark/clear?
Best regards
Bjørn Liene Gundersen
Master student at Telemark University College, Norway.
Re: Distribute the title (frontmatter) over several lines separated with line space?
On 08/24/2009 05:20 PM, Bjørn Liene Gundersen wrote:
Hi,
I am a new user with LyX, have previousely been using Scientific
Workplace (SWP). I am using LyX 1.63 for Windows with the standard
report template. In the frontmatter dialog in Scientific Workplace I
normally use to paste a graphic/icon topmost and divide the title on
lines with several spaces between them. Now I am trying to do the same
with LyX without the same luck. How can I distribute the title
(frontmatter) over two or more lines with line spaces between them?
and how can I place a picture topmost in the title? is that possible
as it is with SWP? Where can I read more about customizing the
frontmatter?
I'm not entirely clear what you want here. If you want a new line, type
Ctrl-Enter (which gives you the equivalent of LaTeX's \\). As for the
picture, anything you can do in LaTeX, you can do in LyX, if only by
inserting raw TeX code (InsertTeX Code), also known as ERT. In this
case, I would have thought InsertGraphics would do it. That gives you
LaTeX's \includegraphics command.
Note however that the titlepage is controlled by the document class. If
you really want to get into heavy customization of the titlepage, then
you are probably going to have to redefine \maketitle.
A second question: when I started using LyX I though the typeface was
somewhat greyed out or foggy when I compiled the PDF file, and not
that black and clear that I am used to from SWP. I realized that if I
add the following in the LaTeX preamble this was improved
significantly, but still slightly lighter than SWP.
\usepackage{ifpdf} % part of the hyperref bundle
\ifpdf % if pdflatex is used
% set fonts for nicer pdf view
\IfFileExists{lmodern.sty}{\usepackage{lmodern}}{}
I am using pdflatex. Is there something I can do to make the typeface
of the printout/pdf even more dark/clear?
It sounds to me as if this is a font issue. So you should probably just
experiment with different fonts, and perhaps try to find out which font
SWP was using. To customize the font, go to DocumentSettingsFonts, and
then choose the Serif (mislabeled, I think, as Roman) font you want. If
you choose Latin Moder, that will load lmodern.sty.
rh
Distribute the title (frontmatter) over several lines separated with line space?
Hi,
I am a new user with LyX, have previousely been using Scientific
Workplace (SWP). I am using LyX 1.63 for Windows with the standard
report template. In the frontmatter dialog in Scientific Workplace I
normally use to paste a graphic/icon topmost and divide the title on
lines with several spaces between them. Now I am trying to do the same
with LyX without the same luck. How can I distribute the title
(frontmatter) over two or more lines with line spaces between them?
and how can I place a picture topmost in the title? is that possible
as it is with SWP? Where can I read more about customizing the
frontmatter?
A second question: when I started using LyX I though the typeface was
somewhat greyed out or foggy when I compiled the PDF file, and not
that black and clear that I am used to from SWP. I realized that if I
add the following in the LaTeX preamble this was improved
significantly, but still slightly lighter than SWP.
\usepackage{ifpdf} % part of the hyperref bundle
\ifpdf % if pdflatex is used
% set fonts for nicer pdf view
\IfFileExists{lmodern.sty}{\usepackage{lmodern}}{}
I am using pdflatex. Is there something I can do to make the typeface
of the printout/pdf even more dark/clear?
Best regards
Bjørn Liene Gundersen
Master student at Telemark University College, Norway.
Re: Distribute the title (frontmatter) over several lines separated with line space?
On 08/24/2009 05:20 PM, Bjørn Liene Gundersen wrote:
Hi,
I am a new user with LyX, have previousely been using Scientific
Workplace (SWP). I am using LyX 1.63 for Windows with the standard
report template. In the frontmatter dialog in Scientific Workplace I
normally use to paste a graphic/icon topmost and divide the title on
lines with several spaces between them. Now I am trying to do the same
with LyX without the same luck. How can I distribute the title
(frontmatter) over two or more lines with line spaces between them?
and how can I place a picture topmost in the title? is that possible
as it is with SWP? Where can I read more about customizing the
frontmatter?
I'm not entirely clear what you want here. If you want a new line, type
Ctrl-Enter (which gives you the equivalent of LaTeX's \\). As for the
picture, anything you can do in LaTeX, you can do in LyX, if only by
inserting raw TeX code (InsertTeX Code), also known as ERT. In this
case, I would have thought InsertGraphics would do it. That gives you
LaTeX's \includegraphics command.
Note however that the titlepage is controlled by the document class. If
you really want to get into heavy customization of the titlepage, then
you are probably going to have to redefine \maketitle.
A second question: when I started using LyX I though the typeface was
somewhat greyed out or foggy when I compiled the PDF file, and not
that black and clear that I am used to from SWP. I realized that if I
add the following in the LaTeX preamble this was improved
significantly, but still slightly lighter than SWP.
\usepackage{ifpdf} % part of the hyperref bundle
\ifpdf % if pdflatex is used
% set fonts for nicer pdf view
\IfFileExists{lmodern.sty}{\usepackage{lmodern}}{}
I am using pdflatex. Is there something I can do to make the typeface
of the printout/pdf even more dark/clear?
It sounds to me as if this is a font issue. So you should probably just
experiment with different fonts, and perhaps try to find out which font
SWP was using. To customize the font, go to DocumentSettingsFonts, and
then choose the Serif (mislabeled, I think, as Roman) font you want. If
you choose Latin Moder, that will load lmodern.sty.
rh
Distribute the title (frontmatter) over several lines separated with line space?
Hi,
I am a new user with LyX, have previousely been using Scientific
Workplace (SWP). I am using LyX 1.63 for Windows with the standard
report template. In the frontmatter dialog in Scientific Workplace I
normally use to paste a graphic/icon topmost and divide the title on
lines with several spaces between them. Now I am trying to do the same
with LyX without the same luck. How can I distribute the title
(frontmatter) over two or more lines with line spaces between them?
and how can I place a picture topmost in the title? is that possible
as it is with SWP? Where can I read more about customizing the
frontmatter?
A second question: when I started using LyX I though the typeface was
somewhat greyed out or foggy when I compiled the PDF file, and not
that black and clear that I am used to from SWP. I realized that if I
add the following in the LaTeX preamble this was improved
significantly, but still slightly lighter than SWP.
\usepackage{ifpdf} % part of the hyperref bundle
\ifpdf % if pdflatex is used
% set fonts for nicer pdf view
\IfFileExists{lmodern.sty}{\usepackage{lmodern}}{}
I am using pdflatex. Is there something I can do to make the typeface
of the printout/pdf even more dark/clear?
Best regards
Bjørn Liene Gundersen
Master student at Telemark University College, Norway.
Re: Distribute the title (frontmatter) over several lines separated with line space?
On 08/24/2009 05:20 PM, Bjørn Liene Gundersen wrote:
Hi,
I am a new user with LyX, have previousely been using Scientific
Workplace (SWP). I am using LyX 1.63 for Windows with the standard
report template. In the frontmatter dialog in Scientific Workplace I
normally use to paste a graphic/icon topmost and divide the title on
lines with several spaces between them. Now I am trying to do the same
with LyX without the same luck. How can I distribute the title
(frontmatter) over two or more lines with line spaces between them?
and how can I place a picture topmost in the title? is that possible
as it is with SWP? Where can I read more about customizing the
frontmatter?
I'm not entirely clear what you want here. If you want a new line, type
Ctrl-Enter (which gives you the equivalent of LaTeX's \\). As for the
picture, anything you can do in LaTeX, you can do in LyX, if only by
inserting raw TeX code (Insert>TeX Code), also known as "ERT". In this
case, I would have thought Insert>Graphics would do it. That gives you
LaTeX's \includegraphics command.
Note however that the titlepage is controlled by the document class. If
you really want to get into heavy customization of the titlepage, then
you are probably going to have to redefine \maketitle.
A second question: when I started using LyX I though the typeface was
somewhat greyed out or foggy when I compiled the PDF file, and not
that black and clear that I am used to from SWP. I realized that if I
add the following in the LaTeX preamble this was improved
significantly, but still slightly lighter than SWP.
\usepackage{ifpdf} % part of the hyperref bundle
\ifpdf % if pdflatex is used
% set fonts for nicer pdf view
\IfFileExists{lmodern.sty}{\usepackage{lmodern}}{}
I am using pdflatex. Is there something I can do to make the typeface
of the printout/pdf even more dark/clear?
It sounds to me as if this is a font issue. So you should probably just
experiment with different fonts, and perhaps try to find out which font
SWP was using. To customize the font, go to Document>Settings>Fonts, and
then choose the Serif (mislabeled, I think, as Roman) font you want. If
you choose Latin Moder, that will load lmodern.sty.
rh
